meddle quotes

Wha daur meddle wi'me?

-Anonymous
Scots paraphrase of the Scottish royal motto,'Nemo me impune lacessit' ('No one provokes me with impunity').

  The foreign policy of the noble Earl,Lord Russell, may be summed up in two truly expressive words: meddle and muddle.

- Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
  Speech in the House of Lords, Feb, referring to the Prime Minister's policy on the  American Civil War.